Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Shortfin Pipefish
Cosmocampus elucens
Shortfin Pipefish
Category: Pipefishes
Scientific Name: Cosmocampus elucens
Size: 3 to 5 in. (7.5 to 13 cm)  
Depth: 5-1000 ft. (2-305 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Syngnathiformes (Order)
     └Syngnathidae (Family) Seahorses and Pipefishes
      └Syngnathinae (Subfamily)
       └Cosmocampus (Genus) Pipefishes
        └C. elucens (Species)
WoRMS ID: 278059🔗
iNaturalist ID: 98553🔗

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